Air suspension settings

[wab172uk]

I have on my S/C settings, individual mode as low ride.

Is there a way to lock in low ride for normal, sport & sport plus?

The times I've been in individual, turned the car off. Then the next day got in. The first thing it does is raise itself up, only to go straight back down once I select individual. I'd just like it permanently locked in low mode.

[BZR81]

Can you not just select low mode with the button next to the gear stick before using the SC dial?

That way when you come out of individual mode it reverts back to the last setting of low mode being on?

I’m not 100% but mine seems to stay in low mode after I’ve turned the ignition off then back on at the next drive.

[Skyway]

Yeah, it should remember last used ride height

[wab172uk]

Can you not just select low mode with the button next to the gear stick before using the SC dial?

That way when you come out of individual mode it reverts back to the last setting of low mode being on?

I’m not 100% but mine seems to stay in low mode after I’ve turned the ignition off then back on at the next drive.

I’ll try that. I did think it remembered, but then it started raising itself up when I got in. Odd.

I’ll put in in low ride when in normal, and hope that solves it

[Jon A]

Air button on consul set to low will always remember and stay in low. There is occasionally some resetting of up and down movement when switching off car (not always, oddly) but as soon as you next start it will be on low.
This has been my chosen setting since day one 14 months ago.

[Plyphon]

The car has self levelling so it may be adjusting its level as you get into the car.

If the button on the centre console is lit, you're in low!

[Col Lamb]

When you next get out of the car lock it and just stand there and listen.

You should here the system levelling itself and dropping down slightly.

The next time you then get in the car check that the low height indicator is lit, you should also here the system resetting itself and setting the level to the last position.

[Neil1911]

If the button on the centre console is lit, you're in low!

Agreed, mine's been like that from day one, just been off for a few fords/puddles. I just don't understand why low isn't the default.

[Bluesnose1812]

If the button on the centre console is lit, you're in low!

Agreed, mine's been like that from day one, just been off for a few fords/puddles. I just don't understand why low isn't the default.

Probably because the state of UK roads is so bad Porsche don't want the suspension bottoming out so much.

[On-Track]

If the button on the centre console is lit, you're in low!

Agreed, mine's been like that from day one, just been off for a few fords/puddles. I just don't understand why low isn't the default.

Presumably low is not the default setting because the designers at Porsche think normal is best. Even in normal, the ride height is 10mm lower than that on steel suspension. At high speeds (I think it's 80mph) the suspension automatically moves to low and then reverts to normal when you slow down. So Porsche thinks that it's only at high speeds that there is any aerodynamic difference.

Over the years, forum members have put forward the theory that lowering the air suspension reduces roll. My own view is that there is no change in spring rate so reducing the ride height by a few mm will have no effect on roll at any speed achievable on public roads. I think that changing the PASM setting would have a greater effect. Feel free to hold different opinions.